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Bumps set to hand Roughead, Jones bans

Ben McKay

Head-high hits will dominate the AFL landscape for at least a week longer after a spate of clashes this weekend.

Several AFL players look set for spells on the sidelines despite intense scrutiny on the bump following Jack Viney's case.

Injury-plagued Hawthorn could be the hardest hit, with Jarryd Roughead likely to face sanction for a high bump on former teammate Ben McGlynn.

The diminutive Swan felt the full force of the Hawthorn forward, with his head making solid contact with the ground on the way down.

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With a treatment room full of senior players, the Hawks can ill-afford Roughead sitting out their next-up clash with Port Adelaide.

Sam Mitchell, Brian Lake and Cyril Rioli are certainties to miss the trip to Adelaide Oval, while Luke Hodge, Liam Shiels, Josh Gibson and Brad Sewell have to overcome fitness concerns for the top of the table match.

The ugliest clash of the round came in the physical match between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs on Saturday night.

Liam Jones made no friends with the pro-Demons crowd when he ran through defender Dean Terlich in the third quarter.

Terlich was substituted from concussion though Demons coach Paul Roos said he was doing well after the match.

Elsewhere, Lance Franklin made low impact but prominent arms to the heads of ex-teammates Isaac Smith and Grant Birchall, while in the high intensity Fremantle-Port Adelaide match Paul Duffield laid out Chad Wingard with a head-high bump.

In Brisbane, Paul Chapman swung an arm wildly at Jack Redden, while Andrew Raines had Brendan Goddard struggling on the Gabba deck.

Then in the first five minutes in Perth, returning West Coast forward Mark Lecras made a head-high bump on Will Hoskin-Elliot.

The number of clashes in just a handful of games of football could suggest footballers don't read the paper, watch the news or turn on a radio - so relentless has been the coverage of Viney's clash with Tom Lynch last week.

The teenage Demon was eventually cleared, with Melbourne's arguments that he was bracing rather than bumping finding favour with the appeals board.

After the Demons' narrow loss to the Bulldogs on Saturday night, Roos said he was "absolutely staggered" Jones' hit on Terlich went unpunished.

Commentators have predicted a two or three week layoff for Jones, which did not earn a free kick on the night.

Roos said after feeling the support of the community behind them in the Viney case, he hoped an understanding of the rule was clear.

"We're really supportive of the bump rule ... as far as I'm concerned it's black and white," he said.

"If you choose to bump when you have an alternative then you suffer the consequences.

"Jack Viney did not bump. His case was about bracing for contact and I hope that didn't get lost in the whole week."